" Katherine" , coined by the ancient Greeks, it denotes " purity."

" 凯瑟琳" ，源自古希腊，代表纯洁。

The Greeks assumed that the structure of language had some connection with the process of thought, which took root in Europe long before people realized how diverse languages could be.

希腊人认为，语构与思维过程之间存在着某种联系。这一观点在人们尚未认到语的千差万别以前就早已在欧洲扎下了根。

Troy was besieged by the Greeks for ten years.

特洛伊城被希腊人围攻历时10年。

The Ancient Greeks chewed gum made from resin – a sticky substance produced by trees. But why do people like chewing gum?

古希腊人吃的口香糖是由树脂制成的，树脂是一种树上长出来的黏性物质。但是人们为什么要吃口香糖呢？

Beleaguered Greeks are set to endure a sixth year of recession in 2013.

由于陷入欧债危机，希腊人民直至明年不得不继续经历连续第六年的经济衰退。

Ancient Greeks loved watching plays and hosting special events to honor their gods.

古希腊人喜欢看戏，举办特别活动来纪念他们的神。

Ancient Greeks thought of an eclipse as a time when the sun abandoned the earth.

古老的希腊人认为当太阳抛弃地球的时候就会发生日食月食的现象。

Remarking on his journey, he wrote: " The nature of man seemed here to recover its erect form; we no longer observed the servility of mind and body which distinguishes the Greeks subjugated by the Turks."

评价这段旅程时，他写道：“人类的本性似乎在此处恢复了它直立的形态；我们不再看到希腊人被土耳其人征服时那一望即的身与心的奴性。”

However, the Romans were complacent with the learnings of the Greeks, and little innovation or exploration of new ideas around science and knowledge took place during this era.

然而，罗马人对希腊人的学沾沾自喜，在罗马时代，很少有关于科学的创新或探索。

He seemed to partake of those obscure forces of nature which the Greeks personified in shapes part human and part beast, the satyr and the faun.

希腊人曾用半人半兽的形象，象生着马尾的森林之神啊，长着羊角、羊腿的农牧神啊，来表现大自然的这种神秘的力量，思特里克兰德身上就有这样一种力量。

Thousands of years ago, Egyptians used it to sterilize drinking water. Ancient Romans, Aztecs and Greeks also used it for medical treatments.

几千年前，埃及人就会使用这种东西来给饮用水消毒。古罗马人、阿芝特克人希腊人也用它来治病。

The ancient Greeks developed basic memory systems called Mnemonics. The name is derived from their Goddess of Memory, Mnemosene.

古希腊发明了基本的记忆系统名叫记忆术。名字来源于他们的记忆女神，摩涅莫辛涅。

He'd run about 26 miles to tell his fellow Greeks that the Athenian army had defeated the Persians and of course a marathon today commemorates the 26 plus miles the messenger ran.

他跑了大约26英里，告诉他的希腊同胞雅典军队打败了波斯人，当然今天的马拉松是为了纪念信使跑了超过26英里。

The great Arthur C. Clarke said if the ancient Greeks had understood the capabilities of that the technology they created, then they would have reached the moon within 300 years, and we'd now been exploring the nearest stars.

伟大的阿瑟·C·克拉克说过，要是古希腊人道他们创造出的技术如此强大，那他们300年内就能抵达月球，而我们现在就应该在探索距离最近的恒星了。

The Greeks were prospering as a culture, the economy, the books, the thinking, everything was on the rise, for a couple of 100 years, really until the 5th century BC.

希腊人在文化、经济、书籍、思想方面都在繁荣发展，一切都在蓬勃发展，这种繁荣持续了几百年。

Egyptians, Greeks, Asians, you all claim that you invented football.

埃及人，希腊人，亚洲人，你们都声称是你们发明了足球。

To the ancient Greeks, the Black Sea was once known as the " Inhospitable Sea" , and that's where the oldest intact shipwreck ever found was recently discovered.

对于古希腊人来说，黑海曾经被称为“荒凉的海洋”，这就是最近发现的最古老的完整沉船的地方。

The Greeks and Romans used the plant as a form of birth control, and it became so popular as contraception and associated with sex that it was quickly farmed into extinction.

希腊罗马人使用这种植物作为一种避孕方法，并且它因为作为避孕工具而与性有关联，很快就灭绝了。

This slow and steady expansion eventually lead to the Romans' domination of the Italian peninsula and the entire Mediterranean Sea, where they conquered the Greeks, Egyptians, and Carthaginians.

通过这种缓慢而稳定的扩张，罗马人最终控制了意大利半岛整个地中海，他们征服了希腊人、埃及人迦太基人。

The ancient Greeks called the belly button an 'omphalos.'

古希腊人称肚脐为“omphalos”。